News story: Ukraine - latest updates

This page brings together the latest statements and articles from the government on the situation in Ukraine:

• Foreign Office travel advice for Ukraine

4 April

• Foreign Secretary William Hague attended the informal EU Foreign Ministers meeting in Athens to discuss the situation in Ukraine

27 March

• Foreign Secretary William Hague backs UN resolution to respect Ukrainian territorial integrity

26 March

• William Hague welcomes deployment of OSCE monitoring mission but condemns Russia’s refusal to allow it access to Crimea

25 March

• Foreign Secretary spoke to Acting Ukrainian Prime Minister Yatsenyuk on 25 March

24 March

• The leaders of the G7 made a joint statement on Ukraine following their meeting in The Hague

22 March

• Russia faces global isolation: Foreign Secretary William Hague article in The Telegraph

• Foreign Office advises against all but essential travel to eastern Ukrainian regions Kharkiv, Donetsk and Lugansk

21 March

• European Council March 2014: David Cameron’s press conference

• UK government’s response to points made by President Putin in his address to the Russian Parliament on 17 March

19 March

• The Prime Minister spoke to Chancellor Angela Merkel about the EU’s response to events in Ukraine

• Statement by UK Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant to the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine

18 March

• PM’s statement about President Putin’s actions to attempt to annex Crimea

• Foreign Secretary’s statement to Parliament about the referendum in Crimea and preparations for further EU sanctions on Russia

17 March

• Foreign Secretary condemns Russia’s recognition of Crimea as a ‘sovereign state’

• Adoption of EU sanctions against individuals in Russia and Crimea

• Foreign Secretary William Hague: UK will not recognise the Crimea referendum as legal or legitimate

16 March

• Crimea referendum should not convince anyone, says William Hague

15 March

• UK responds to Russia’s Security Council veto on Ukraine resolution

14 March

• Foreign Secretary says Russia must engage in dialogue over Ukraine

• Foreign Secretary William Hague statement on the UK, US and Russia talks in London

12 March

• Statement from G7 leaders calling on the Russian Federation to cease all efforts to change the status of Crimea

10 March

• Emergency European Council on Ukraine: David Cameron’s statement
• PM and Chancellor Merkel discuss Ukraine at CeBIT
• Foreign Secretary William Hague discussed the situation in Ukraine with Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski

9 March

• PM call with President Putin

8 March

• PM phone calls with President Obama and PM Harper

6 March

• EU meeting on Ukraine: David Cameron’s speech
• UK sends team to Kyiv to assist Ukrainian government with asset recovery
• The Prime Minister was in Brussels for an extraordinary meeting of EU heads of state or government on Ukraine. Listen to his words on arrival.

5 March

• PM phone call with President Obama: 5 March 2014
• Update on efforts to bring Russia and Ukraine into talks
• Joint statement by Foreign Ministers of UK, US and Ukraine on Budapest Memorandum
• Foreign Secretary sets out importance of diplomatic progress on Ukraine

4 March

• Foreign Secretary William Hague statement to Parliament on the situation in Ukraine and the UK government’s response
• Statement by Ambassador Lyall Grant of the UK Mission to the UN, to the Security Council meeting on Ukraine

3 March

• PM phone calls with Chancellor Merkel and President Hollande
• David Lidington comments on Ukraine at EU Foreign Ministers meeting
• Joint statement on Ukraine
• Statement by G7 finance ministers on economic support for Ukraine

2 March

• PM phone call with President Obama: 2 March 2014
• Statement on Ukraine: 2 March 2014
• Foreign Secretary’s remarks to the media ahead of visit to Ukraine

1 March

• PM statement on Ukraine: 1 March 2014
• Foreign Secretary calls for de-escalation of tensions in Ukraine
• Statement by Ambassador Lyall Grant of the UK Mission to the UN, to the UN Security Council meeting on the situation in Ukraine

28 February

• PM call with President Putin: February 2014

25 February

• PM phone call with Stephen Harper
• Foreign Secretary remarks to media on Ukraine

21 February

• PM welcomes agreement in Ukraine

• PM meeting with Prime Minister Mark Rutte

20 February

• PM calls with President Putin and Prime Minister Donald Tusk

• PM’s phone call with Chancellor Merkel to discuss Ukraine

19 February

• PM statement on Ukraine

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